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bridge is finished he shall inspect the work, and if in his judgment it has
been constructed according to the contract and specifications, he shall take
the same from the hands of the contractor, and open it for public travel;
and then, and not before, the contractor shall be entitled to receive the
last instalment due thereon.

1892, ch. 141, sec. 124E.

269. It shall be the duty of the road supervisors to keep in repair and
build all bridges the cost of which shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars.
See sec. 257.

1892. ch. 141, sec. 124F.

270. It shall be the duty of the road commissioners to divide the
amount levied by the County Commissioners for the repairing the public
roads into three equal parts, one of which parts shall be used in each
election district of said county.

See sec. 258.

1892, ch. 141, sec. 124G.

271. No public road in Calvert County shall be opened or altered
except by and with the approval and consent of the road commissioners of
said county, who are hereby authorized and empowered to sit with the
County Commissioners of said county at the hearing of all applications
for the opening and altering of said public road.

1906, ch. 734.

272. The County Commissioners of Calvert County be and they are
hereby authorized and directed to open a public road from the terminal
of the Chesapeake Beach Railroad, in Chesapeake Beach, to and through
North Chesapeake Beach, all in said Calvert County, and in so doing said
commissioners may acquire a right of way by gift, purchase or by con-
demnation, as provided by existing law, for the opening of public roads;
and the said County Commissioners are further authorized and directed
either to use any county funds at their disposal for the acquisition of said
right of way and construction of said road, or for that purpose to levy
upon the assessable property of said county a tax sufficient to produce a
sum of money, not to exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars; provided,
the North Chesapeake Beach Land and Improvement Company shall ex-
pend an amount equal the sum spent by the County Commissioners of
Calvert County in the construction of said road.

1S94, ch. 477.

273. The owner of the Drum Point farm, in Calvert County, is here-
by authorized to erect a gate on the public road running through said,
farm.